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  THE DARK ART OF LIGHT WORK is the newest Hawke album produced by Gavin Hardkiss. Initially released together with a book, the first edition sold out in two weeks.
  Written in 2019 in preparation for the year 2020, the album explores a wide palette of sounds including instruments from Latin America, West Africa, China and Turkey, and voices in Sanskrit, Hebrew and English.
  "Perfectly-timed life's work epic, the music an extension of his same-named book exploring "what is beyond our five senses ... interstellar cosmic house with global flavours, the second downtempo going into astonishingly beautiful ambient calm, draped in trademark gorgeous piano." Kris Needs for Record Collector
  "And meanwhile, Gavin Hardkiss is over here, still contemplating music in unconventional shapes and sizes. While other artists are reaching backward, Hardkiss is trying to make something unlike anything else that came before it. The Dark Art of Light Work is a challenging album, in the way that albums are rarely challenging anymore. There's a voice here that is saying it's okay to be afraid. It's okay to not know what's going to happen. It's okay if you don't know what to make of this. Gavin Hardkiss is an expert because he doesn't know either." Terry Matthew for 5Magazine
  "You might think that you experience the World with your five senses. At the same time, the World is experiencing you. The handshake,
  the hug, the kiss, the dance between you and the Universe is what you explore. This relationship with the transcendent is more real than the reality you perceive. It is your life’s responsibility to understand it for it already knows you." Hawke ... more
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